Cast-off.



G. E. PRENTIGE.

CAST OFF.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1909.

1,018,079. Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATEN T ()FFICE.

GEORGE E. PRENTICE, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO TRAUT ANDHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORA-TION.

CAST-OFF.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. PRENTICE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements inCast-Offs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cast offs and the objects of myimprovements are simplicity and economy in construction and convenienceand efliciency in use.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure l is a front elevation of my castoff with a cant-ab strap and part of a webbing. Fig. 2 is a sectionalview of my castofi' on the line a w of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale.Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the same on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4is a front elevation of the blank for my webbing plate. Fig. 5 is afront elevation of my strap plate adapted for use with a double strap.Fig. 6 is a front elevation of my strap plate adapted for an ordinarysingle strap. Fig. 7 is a similar view of my strap plate provided with acord eye.

A is the webbing member of my cast off as applied to suspenders andcomprises a generally flat piece of sheet metal provided in the upperpart with a webbing receiving slot 11, the upper wall of whichconstitutes a top bar 12 around which is looped the webbing C. Integralwith the said body 10 and at the ends of the lower bar 13 thereof is apair of downwardly directed lugs 15 which are essentially a downwardcontinuation of the side walls 16 of the said webbing receiving slot 11.Said lugs are each provided with a finger directed inwardly toward thecenter and separated from the said tie bar 13 by a shear out 17 and fromthe other finger by a space 18 representing surplus material that isunnecessary for the formation of engaging members suitable for mypurpose; said engaging members are formed by rolling outward laterallyand preferably frontwise the ends of the fingers 14 as found in theblank so as to form cylindrical rolls 14 one on each side. There may bea backward set of the said tie bar 13 and the attached lugs 15 withreference to the top bar 12 in order to bring the alinement of the strapD attached to the strap member B to conform with that of the webbing Cattached to the webbing member A Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 23, 1909.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912. Serial No. 519,139.

as described by a suitable bending of the side bars 16 of the webbingmember A, as shown at 19, Fig. 2. Detaching fulcrums 20 may be providedbelow. said engaging members 14 comprising essentially downwardextensions of said lugs 15 for a suitable distance to provide a fulcrumfor convenience in disengaging the strap member B from the webbingmember A.

The strap member B shown in Fig. 6 comprises a flat plate of sheet metalhaving a slot 31 therein inclosed at the sides by lateral bars 32 and atthe top by a cross bar con stituting an upper stiffening or tie bar 33.The inner edges 34 of the said lateral bars 32 constitute bearing edgeswhich engage with the rolled engaging portion 14 of the webbing member.The lower side of said slot is closed by a bar 22 having a strapreceiving depression 29 limited laterally bythe edges 30. A slot 25 maybe provided in the bar 22, as shown in Fig. 5 for use with a doublestrap. In operation as the strap member B is forced home against thefront face of the webbing member A the said edges 34 engage with theouter sides of the said rolled engaging members 14, spring the sameinwardly until past the center of the rolled edge, after which point isreached the resiliency of the rolled edges and the material of therespective members cooperate to bring the said members-home in theengaged position. By having the edge 34 beveled brings the engagingpoints in the home position lower down with reference to the said rollededge 14 and makes the engagement more reliable and secure, and by havingthe beveling on both sides as shown in Fig. 3 the said strap plate B isreversible. The beveling of the said edge 34 is the only feature of thestrap member B requiring attention to produce the said member finishedfrom the blank.

In case a single cordis used in place of a flat strap there may beprovided a cord eye 35 attached to the lower bar 22 of the plate 13.

My cast off as described is made of two pieces complete, is simple andreliable, is essentially flat, without exposed sharp points and isparticularly short in up and down length and in the extent of materialused, especially for the cantab arrangement of strap.

I claim as my invention In a cast off for suspenders, two coiiperto formrolls separated by an open space,

the other member comprising a plate having an elongated slot therein,the side edges of which are suitably spaced to snap over said rolls andthe upper edge of which is adapted to bear on the upper edges of saidrolls to carry the weight of the supported garment, the opposite edge ofsaid slot being recessed to accommodate a tab strap, the above mentionedopen space being sufficient to accommodate the width of said strap whenthe parts are in engagement.

GEORGE E. PRENTICE. WVitnesses:

SHEFFIELD H. CLARKE, NEWTON L. LooKwooD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

